Pasteboard-box closure



March 11, 19.24u www@ F. H. SCHADE PASTEBOARD' BOX CLOSUHE Filed April l5 1922 A TTORNE YS VPatented Mar. il, i924..

UNTED STA TES SCHADE, 0F CUDAl-Y, W'ISGONSE.

PASTEEOAR-D-BOX CLOSRE.

.application filed April 13,

To all whom t Amay concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK HENRY SCHADE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cudahy, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsiin have invented new and useful Improvements in Pasteboard-Box Closures, of which the iollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to means for attaching covers or other similar closures to paste-` board shipping boxes, or to boxes formed of other like materials, and has for its principal object to provide a construction which will permit of readily securing the cover oiC a side, end or bottom wal-l to a box in such a manner that in order to gain access to the interior of the said box or container, it will be necessary to sever the securing means. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide a means for readily securing the walls or closures to boxes or other containers which may be quickly and eiiiciently applied and which, when in place, will securely hold the-parts in their desired positions.

Astill further object of the invention is to provide a securing means which may be snapped into place and which may be readily severed when it is desired to open theV container.

A; still further object of the invention is to provide a construction of the class described which will be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and more efcient in use than those which have been heretofore proposed.

Vith the above and other objects in view which-will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views;

Figure l is a fragmentary planview of a pasteboard box or other container, 'showing the present construction applied tothe cover or closure thereof, parts being broken away for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary transverse vertical sectional viewrtaken on the line A2-2 of F ig.-1. Y

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view illus- 1922. Serial No. 552,239.-

trating a somewhat modified form of the invention.

Fig. a is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to ig. 3 of a still further modiiied form of the invention, a portion of the parts being omitted for the sake ci clear-ness.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical sectional view of a still further modified form of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 of a still Jfurther modified form of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a 'fragmentary plan view of a still further modified form of the invention, and;

Fig. l() is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, taken on the line 10-l0 of Fig. 9, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Rete 1ring more especially to Figs. l and 2, l indicates the wall of a container suoli, for example, as a pasteboard boX, which wall is provided with the inturned flange or web, 2, having a plurality of holes or perforations 3, suitably spaced therein. Secured to the said iiange 2 in any desired manner is a substantially rigid strip 4l, of sheet metal or other suitable material, which strip is provided with perforations 5, registering with `the pcrtorations or holes 3, formed in the flange 2. The said strip 4 is further provided with a plurality of slits or cuts 6, extending radially from the edges ott the said perforations 5, as will be clear from Fig. l, whereby the edge portions 7, surrounding the said perforations, may be rendered resilient in order to ,permit the insertion of the head of the locking member,

Vas will appear more i'ullyV below.

The cover 8, which is, ormay be, of the same material as the walls when of the main body portion of the container, is placed in position upon thev saidbody portion, with its edges in engagement with the surface or" the strip 4, as will be readily apparent from Figs. l and 2. The said cover is provided with a plurality of perforations 9, registering with the -perforations 3 and 5, before described, and the edges of the said cover may be reinforced by means of a sheet metal or other suitable strip 10, secured thereto in any desired manner, as by the securing members 11, (see Fig. l). The said strips 10 are provided with elongated open ings 12, which register with the previously described openings 3, 5, and 9, so that a plurality of perforations exist, extending completely through the four layers of material comprising the flange 2, the reinforcing strip f1, the cover 8, and its reinforcing strip 10, as will be readily apparent.

When the container has been filled and it isvdesired to close the same, the cover is placed in position with its luider-surface, adjacent the edges thereof, in contact with the reinforcing strip 4, whereupon a securing or locking member is inserted in each of the series of registering perfor-ations. These securing members preferably take the form of buttons, or rivet-like members having the shanks 13 of a sufficient length toestond.

through the layers il, 8, and 10, and the said Shanks are provided with the heads 1% and 15, the latter of which is of a suitable dimension to be forced through the openings 5 in the locking strip 4. Due to the resilience imparted to the tongues 7 surrounding the said perforations 5 by reason of the slits or cuts 6, the said head which is of some what greater diameter than the perforation 5, will force the said tongues 7, downwardly, until it snaps past them, whereupon they will resume their original positions and prevent the locking member from being again withdrawn therefrom.

It is preferred to make these locking members 13 of a relatively soft and tenacious material such, for example, as lead, which may be readily cut when it is desired to open the container, but they may be made of any suitable material such as rubber, and 'the like. `When it is wished to remove the cover for the purpose of extracting the contents of the container, the heads 141, of the locking members may be readily severed from the shanks 13 by means of a suitable instrument, such as a metal cutter, whereupon the cover may be lifted from its position, and the contents of the container removed.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and e1, the reinforcing strip 4,-, instead of being provided with the circular perforations from which extend the radially disposed slits 6, is provided with the tongue member 7', which is bent upwardly a slight distance. The perforations, with which the cover portion 8 and reinforcing strip 10 are provided, are shaped substantially, as illus-V trated in Fig. 3, and in locking this form of the invention, the heads 15, of the locking members 13, are inserted through the enlarged circular portions of the perforations 12 and are moved so that the shank 13 enters the reduced portion 12, which is of such a width as to prevent the withdrawal of the head portion therethrough, without returning it to the enlarged opening 12.

As the locking members are thus moved to the right (as seen in Figs. 3 and 4:.) Ythey will depress the tongues 7, and as the movement is continued, the heads 15 will snap past the said tongues which will thereupon reassume their positions, (as indicated in Fig. i) above the said heads, thereby preventing withdrawal of the locking members. In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the crossed wires 16, bent substantially, as shown, and provided with the button receiving loops 17, are substituted for the slot reinforcing and locking strip at, above employed. The said wires may be mounted in grooves 1S, provided in a pair of reinforcing strips 19, which are secured to the flange portions 2, of the container in any desired manner. The buttons or locking members13, may be forced into place with their Shanks 13 occupying the loops 17 and their heads secured thereunder in the same manne' as was the case with the form of the invention illustrated in Figs.' 1 and 2.

Instead of providing the 4wall 1 of the c ontainer, with the inturned flanges 2, a metallic angle member 2O may be secured directly to the wall, asis illustrated in Fig. 7.

The horizontally disposed leg 21, of this said member 20, may be provided with suitable perforations, such as 5, or with suitable upwardly extending tongues, such as 7, adapted to engage'andliold thehead 15, of the locking members 13, in the same manner as was above disclosed.. Y

The form of the invention, shown in Fig.

V8, is quite similar to that disclosed in Fig. 7

except that the lock is here located upon the side of the container, instead of the top. In this form of the inventionthe cover member 8, may have rigidly secured to it, a reinforcing angle member 22, provided with the leg 23 having the perforations 25 ksimilar to the perforations 12, with which the strip 10. was provided in Fig. 1. 1n like manner the wall 1 may be provided with perforations 24 similar to the perforations 9, described in connection with Fig. 1, and the said wall may be provided on its inner surface with a reinforcing strip 26 Vhaving perforations similar to the perforations 5, above described. The locking members here employed are substantially the saine, and the heads 15, thereof, are adapted to` be forced through and engaged by the edges of the perforations 5, as was shown above.

In Figs. 9 and 10, the reinforcing strips are omitted, and in lieu thereof, the perforations, foraned in the flanges 2 and covermember 8, are reinforced by suitable eyelets 30 and 31 respectively. VThe eyelets 30 Vare provided with the inwardly extending tongues or engaging members 32, between which the edges 15, Vof the buttons 13,' are adapted to pass, while the eyelets 31 are preferably elongated, as shown in Fig. 9, similar to the perforations '12, described in Fig. 1,

In all of the forms of the invention, it Will be noted that means are provided for receiving the heads, such as 15, of the buttons, which means are resilient, in order that they may snap back into their original positions after the said heads have passed, and thereby prevent the Withdrawal of the said heads in the opposite direction.

It Will further be noted that in all the forms the soft metal buttons 18, are employed so that it is a comparatively easy matter to cut 01T the heads thereof, When it is desired to remove the contents of the boxes or containers.

t is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details oi" construction, as Well as the precise arrangement of the parts, without departing from t-he spirit oi the invention, and therefore it is not wished to be limited to the above disclosure, except as may be required by the claims.

TWhat is claimed is:

l. In a pasteboard box closure, the combination With a relatively rigid container having substantially spaced Walls provided With openings having a retaining member associated therewith, of a closure member provided with openings adapted to register with said first mentioned openings; and a closure locking member comprising a double headed button having a connecting shank, engaging said registering openings and coacting With said retaining member to maintain said closure member in position, said shank being readily severable to release said closure member.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a container having a Wall provided With openings having a resilient retaining member associated therewith, of a closure member provided With openings adapted to register With said lirst mentioned openings; and readily severable means adapted to engage said registering openings and coact with said retaining member to maintain said closure member in position.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination With a relatively rigid container having spaced walls provided With openings, of a reinforcing member provided with resilient retaining members adapted to register with said openings; a relatively rigid closure member provided with openings also adapted to register with said Wall openings; and unattached readily severable double headed means adapted to pass through said registering openings and coact with said retaining members to maintain said closure member in position.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a container having a Wall provided With openings, of a reinforcing member provided with resilient retaining figg members, adapted to register with said openings; a closure member provided With openings, also adapted to register With said Wall openings; a reinforcing member secured to said closure member and provided with openings adapted to register With said Wall and closure openings; and readily severable headed means adapted to pass through said registering openings and coact with said retaining members to maintain said closure member in position.

5. In a device of the class described, the combina-tion with a relatively rigid container and a closure therefor, each provided with openings adapted to register with the other, of substantially rigid double headed fastening members having readily scverable shanks engaging said. openings and retaining said closure in position.

6. 1n a device of the class described, the combination With a container having a Wall provided With a flange having openings therein, of a reinforcing member secured to said flange and provided With resilient retaining members registering With said openings; a closure member provided With openings adapted to register With said lirst named openings; and readily severable button members adapted to engage said registering openings and coact With said retaining members to maintain said closure member in position.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a container' having a Wall provided With a iiange having openings therein, of a reinforcing member' secured to said flange and provided With openings surrounded by resilient retaining members registering with said lirst named openings; a closure member provided with openings adapted to register With said first named openings; a reinforcing member secured to said closure member and provided with1 openings registering with said other openings; and readily severable headed button members adapted to engage said registering openings and coact with said retaining members to maintain said closure member in pc sition.

8. In a device oi the class described, the combination with a relatively rigid contain er having a Wall provided With openings, of a closure member provided With openings adapted to register with said first mentioned openings; and means comprising double headed button members of relatively soft readily severable material adapted to engage said registering openings to maintain said closure member in position.

In testimony whereof, lt atlix my signature.

FRANK HENRY SCHADE. 

